Birthday Interview

Amelie Birthday Interview

Amelie is 15! Her birthday came right during finals crunch time & we had to reschedule her party for next month! But we made a little celebration. She picked dutch baby pancake for birthday breakfast, Dairy Queen for her birthday dinner, & an ice-cream cake. 

Leah & Amelie & I picked up one friend & went to see Kiki's delivery service: 

And then tonight she played along for an interview. 

1. How old are you? 15
2. What is your favorite color? Blue
3. What's your favorite possession?  3-D printed dragons. Actually, change that - The Book of Bill 
4. What is your favorite game? I'm a Little Crabby
   
   
   
   
   
5. What is your favorite song? "Good Luck Babe." Do you have a favorite band? Maybe just AJR. I listen to their music most consistently. Is that your favorite concert that you've been to? Yeah
6. Do you  have a favorite animal? Fox
7. What is your favorite book? Heavenly Tyrant by Xiran Jay Zhao (this is the sequel to her favorite book last year.) 
8. What is your favorite movie? Wolfwalkers
   
9. What is your favorite TV show? Gravity Falls
   
   
   
   
   
10. What is your favorite thing to eat? Dutch baby (pancake) 
    
    

    
    
11. Where is your favorite place to go? No idea. What did I put last time? (Outside.) Just repeat that.
12. What is something you learned i your first year of high school?  What scarcity is. (?) It's the concept that everyone has unlimited wants & needs, but because there are a limited amount of resources, people have conflict over what to do with those resources. 
13. What is something you'll learn now that you're 15 (or next year in 10th grade)? Maybe driving stuff? I know you really want me to. 
14. What is your favorite subject at school? English
15. Who is your favorite teacher this year? Mr. Batik (Social Studies)
16. Best memory from this year? Probably something from Youth Group. Anything specific? Watching Bottoms at the lock-in. It's a movie - it's really good.  
17. What is something that is hard for you to do? Talking to people 
18. What is your favorite thing to do? Read
19. What is your favorite thing to do with friends?  On the rare occasions that it does happen, debates - or just deep conversations
20. What do you like about Me (Mom)? I don't know. You're my mom! 
21. What do you like about Dad? He's my dad! 
22. What do you like about Jim? Shared music interests
23. What do you like about Leah? She's very energetic
24. What do you like about yourself? I think I'm creative
25. What do you want to be when you grow up? I don't know. Happy.

Here's the link to last year: https://babybuffaloe.blogspot.com/2024/05/birthday-interview.html

Shelter Garden

Sam took the kids over to Shelter Garden & snapped some pics for me, and Grandma Mary, and Nana Jana for Mothers Day. 

I like the ones of all 3 of them together. 

Leah is 8!

Jim is 12!

And Amelie will be 15 tomorrow! 

Bonus photo of our firstborn (& first grandchild on both sides, too): 

Leah is 8! Pool Party & Doctor Visit

Leah had a great big class birthday party & we took no photos at all (in my defense, I was in the pool). We rented out the ARC indoor pool & invited her whole class & nearly everyone came. A good time was had by all! 

The big sibs could invite a friend each & Shauna's middle kids were there to swim with them, so I think Amelie & Jim had an equally good time!

Papaw came over with a present: 

We also had her 8-year well-child doctor's visit that happened to be on the same day as Fancy Lunch at school - where they put out table cloths & drink out of fancy cups & use their best manners. 

Height: 47.3 inches - just shy of 4 feet (& therefore too short for the water slide at her party!) 
Weight: 60.5 pounds
No shots!

Dr. Swofford was able to admire her earrings. One of the reasons I was able to convince Aunt Holly that it would be okay to get the piercing done at Claire's was that our doctor could check them out shortly thereafter. 

And the other big news is that she moved out of the booster seat & we are car-seat-free in the Buffaloe household for the first time in very close to 15 years! 

Spring Band Concert

Jim's moved from the trombone to the tuba. The good part about it is that the school gave him one to keep at home & one to keep at school (since they're huge!) 

He's the second one from the left - sitting on an encyclopedia to boost him up!

Here's a link to the winter concert. 

Tiger Tuesday

Leah won Tiger Tuesday! Nominated by Coach Mason, no less. She won a meal at Raisng Cane's!

And got her picture in the RAP! 

Here’s what the email said:

Leah was our winner this week for Tiger Tuesday! She earned this for displaying exceptionally safe, kind, respectful, and responsible behavior in PE! 

Fun Day, Goalie, Minecraft

We had a big day! (The other Saturday! Not today - soccer's been rained out.) 

Leah had soccer & got to be a goalie in a game for the first time! 

The elementary school had their big fundraiser. Only a little color hair spray got on her uniform (& I got it out!)

And then we all went to the Minecraft movie. I haven't ever played it & didn't know what the big deal was! A lot of folks in the theater were shouting out lines (I guess because they'd seen clips online? Or they're a part of the game? I don't know!) I thought it was supremely dumb! The kids had fun, though! 

Easter

We had another Easter! Last year, Amelie didn't want to do matching dresses, so we didn't. This year, I had the genius plan to see if she'd be more amenable if she was the one who got to pick them out. It worked! And, miracle of miracles, Jim and Sam played along, too. 

We went to church in the morning & then had dinner and an indoor egg hunt at Sam's folks (due to weather). Plus the sirens went off & there was a tornado warning so we spent some time sheltering in their (thankfully quite large) interior bathroom.

Ellie & Amelie were reading. Jim and Ben sang a song (Sk8er Boi by Avril Lavigne, of course). Leah was not happy, but cheered up with some Bluey after the all-clear. 

Here's the grandparents with all the cousins!

Here's the link to last year. 

I Hate Shakespeare

Jim was in the middle school play - he had a nonspeaking role as a Zombie in I Hate Shakespeare. They put on a great show! 

This was my favorite part: Mark Antony comes out and says "Friends, Romans, Countrymen ... wait, hold up!" and the zombie hoard carries him off. 

Here's Jim giving me the thumbs up from backstage: 

He's also in a class play for his elective, Musical Theater Production, and in rehearsals for the community theater show coming up.